Sentences with phrase «behalf of interested groups»

This litigation includes a broad range of legal matters, such as cross-border litigation and interventions on behalf of interested groups.

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CASPERSEN and Park Hill Group were working on behalf of Firm - 1 to solicit investors for the loan, but, at some point after Firm - 1 agreed to take the loan, it transpired that Firm - 1 did not need the loan in order to purchase the secondary private equity interests.

In actuality, groups often form and act on behalf of the best interest of the group.

The problem for the city is that there may be fewer interest groups lobbying on behalf of the Medicaid portion than there were groups pushing back on the university cost shifts, said Carol Kellermann, the president of the nonpartisan Citizens Budget Commission.

Channel Manager of Adom TV, Abena Boakye - Yiadom who received the donation on behalf of management of The Multimedia Group thanked Nana Wadie and assured him that Adom TV would serve its ever increasing viewers with more interesting and educative programmes.

«Allowing the Democratic party bosses to weigh in on the governor's behalf shows the fundamental unfairness of New York's campaign finance system,» said Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

In a letter to the Public Interest Research Group dated May 16, the ethics commission said Mr. Sachs's calls on behalf of Mount Sinai Queens did not constitute lobbying because he had made them before the department formally decided to consider the rule change.

In addition, catering to self - aware gamblers interested in limiting their losses could be a growth industry, writes Nicola Adami on behalf of the Italian research group.

But as evidenced by recent history, like any interest group striving to survive in the face of changing political winds, they adapt to find new ways to advocate on behalf of their membership — even if means making some unlikely allies.

For decades, public - interest lawyers have worked for nonprofit groups on behalf of families with disabled children.

As another scholar Jeremy Rabkin noted in Judicial Compulsions, the interests of the students quickly got lost in a «fog of legalisms» to be replaced by the interests of advocacy groups allegedly acting on their behalf.

has been sharply criticized by special - interest groups advocating on behalf of charter schools.

Rural legislators pay particularly close attention to the interests of these officials and to groups that lobby on their behalf, such as the Louisiana School Boards Association.

Phoenix, Ariz. — The Institute for Justice vowed to intervene on behalf of parents and children to defend against a lawsuit filed yesterday by Arizona special interest groups challenging the nation's first publicly funded education savings account program.

(Though Jeff Huffman is on The Arc of Indiana's education committee, he spoke to StateImpact representing his interests as a parent, not on behalf of the group.)

* As stated in the prospectus (pdf) dated 5/1/2018 ** Pursuant to an operating expense limitation agreement between Heartland Advisors and Heartland Group, Inc., on behalf of the Fund, Heartland Advisors has agreed to waive its management fees and / or pay expenses of the Fund to ensure that the Fund's total annual fund operating expenses (excluding front - end or contingent deferred sales loads, taxes, leverage, interest, brokerage commissions, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization, dividends or interest expenses on short positions, acquired fund fees and expenses, or extraordinary expenses) do not exceed 1.25 % of the Fund's average daily net assets for the Investor Class Shares and 0.99 % for the Institutional Class Shares through at least May 1, 2019, and subject to annual re-approval of the agreement by the Board of Directors, thereafter.

Conteh explores the fact that people posses their power solely within the actions of a group, saying about the piece, «Africans who act solely on the behalf of the interests and concerns of African people are Africans in their most powerful form, bar none.»

Participants who role - played as delegates were given briefing statements to prepare ahead of time, and representatives were selected by the students to give plenary statements on behalf of the regional blocs and interest groups.

But the most interesting part of the segment is an interview with Joe Lucas, head of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (nee Americans for Balanced Energy Choices), a coal industry front group that has spent tens of millions of dollars on deceptive advertising and political activities, as well as more than $ 10.5 million to lobby Congress directly on behalf of dirty coal and against legislation to fight global warming and promote clean, renewable electricity.

And it has been reported that some firms in New York City pay money to public - interest groups for the opportunity of litigating the cases that public - interest groups conceive on behalf of the clients they recruit.

«Where a complaint raises a novel issue on behalf of a vulnerable group, for example, that is a factor that may be considered in weighing the public interest in accepting the complaint,» the decision states.

The Career Development Office of the University of Toronto says: Public interest or social justice law has been described as legal work on behalf of individuals, groups, -LSB-...]

The more diverse intervenors arguing on behalf of LGBTQ2 and public interest groups successfully countered these claims, and made other arguments, in the afternoon.

In addition to allowing patent holders themselves to engage in the process, reexamination proceedings also allow third party groups to file on behalf of the public interest.

For example, in Queensland, the Ministerial appointment of trustees to hold land on behalf of Aboriginal people, and trustee decisions to grant leases or other interests in land, must as far as possible be made in accordance with Aboriginal tradition or an agreed decision - making process.50 In the Northern Territory, a lease can not be granted unless the relevant Land Council is satisfied that the traditional owners understand the nature and purpose of the proposed grant and, as a group, consent to it.51 This consent must be given in accordance with either an agreed or a traditional decision - making process.52

Meridian Capital Group LLC arranged the financing on behalf of the ownership, and was able to secure a 10 - year, full - term interest - only loan.

With Republicans controlling both Houses of Congress and the administration, health care reform is imminent, but details of replacement plans are unclear, remaining of significant interest to consumers, the self - employed, small and large employers, insurers, and those advocating on behalf of these groups, including the National Association of REALTORS ® (NAR).

On behalf of Preylock Real Estate Holdings, Meridian Capital Group arranged a seven - year floating - rate loan that features an initial five - year term followed by two, one - year extension options and full - term interest - only payments.